Anti-choice Senators have jumped on the House's passage of H.R. 3 by introducing a companion bill in the Senate, S. 906. We can't let this dangerous bill move forward — tell your Senators to protect women's health and oppose this harmful bill.
Three years ago today, Maria Isavel Vasquez Jimenez collapsed while laboring in a California vineyard. Her temperature was 108.4 degrees. Maria’s heart stopped six times in the next two days before she died. Doctors said if emergency medical help had been summoned or she had been taken to the hospital sooner, she might have survived. The labor contractor and safety coordinator responsible for Maria's death got off with no jail time, just received a fine and community service hours. Please tell Maria's family that they are not alone. That you remember Maria Isavel. That you will help carry on her legacy.
SB 299 would require the continuation of health insurance coverage during a pregnancy leave. SB 299 is being voted on by the state Senate this week. You can help ensure its passage and protect pregnant women and their babies by making your voice heard in the political process. To help mothers and their babies, you can call your state Senator today and encourage them to vote in support of SB 299. Visit this link and enter your zip code to find your senator's contact info. Urge your state Senator to protect mothers and their babies by voting in support of SB 299.
Alaina Giordano was diagnosed with breast cancer three and half years ago. That was bad. This is worse: On April 25th, a judge in North Carolina used Alaina's cancer as a key reason to transfer custody of her 5-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter to her ex-husband (a man Alaina describes as "abusive" and who lives more than 700 miles away). She has just two weeks to appeal, and her hope is that a huge outcry from the public and local elected officials can help reverse the decision. Please sign the petition asking that Alaina Giordano's breast cancer not be used as a reason to take away her kids!
Surprisingly, the U.S. is one of the countries with the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Forty-nine countries around the world do a better job of preventing women from dying from pregnancy-related complications than the U.S. Approximately 90% of these deaths are preventable. Contact your members of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor the Maternal Health Accountability Act.
California faces a $26 billion budget shortfall. But K-12 education has already suffered enough in California and around the country during the recession. California has laid off teachers and increased class sizes. Now, there's even talk in some counties of shortening the school year by a full month. Tell Governor Jerry Brown: Don't balance your budget on the back's of California's students.
Since the declaration of a "war on drugs" 40 years ago, America has spent at least $1 trillion on the drug war. It cost U.S. taxpayers at least $51 billion in 2009 at the state and federal level. That’s $169 for every man, woman and child in America. If Congress wants to cut wasteful spending, this is a good place to start. Tell Congress to end the war on drugs.
In Sweden, almost all of IKEA's workers are in unions. They earn about $19 an hour minimum and get five weeks of paid vacation. But at an IKEA subsidiary factory in Danville, Virginia, workers report they are facing pay cuts, mandatory overtime, racial discrimination, and dangerous conditions on the job. Workers who support forming a union have been intimidated, and even fired! Tell IKEA's CEO: Stop the intimidation. Make sure your workers have a fair shot to join a union!
Sign on as a citizen co-sponsor of the Safe and Responsible Redeployment of U.S. Combat Forces from Afghanistan Act -- and help show strong grassroots support for bringing an end to the Afghanistan war now.
Republican FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker is leaving the FCC to become a lobbyist for Comcast/NBC Universal — just four months after she voted to approve the controversial merger of the two media behemoths. Important questions need to be asked. Was she negotiating her new position with Comcast/NBC Universal even while the merger was being considered by the FCC? Demand Congress investigate FCC Commissioner Baker's clear conflict of interest.
Comments